Devices and methods are provided for processing network nodes. For example, a sorting request is detected; one or more first network nodes to be sorted are acquired corresponding to the sorting request; a first characteristic matrix is constructed based on at least information associated with the first network nodes; association information between the first network nodes is acquired; a sparse matrix is constructed based on at least information associated with the association information between the first network nodes; iterative multiplication is performed on the sparse matrix and the first characteristic matrix to obtain a second characteristic matrix upon convergence; and the first network nodes are sorted based on at least information associated with the second characteristic matrix.